Ernest Adolphus Sturge (April 29, 1856 – October 11, 1934) was a physician and Presbyterian missionary who built hospitals in Asia. From 1886 to 1934 he was the General Superintendent of the Japanese Presbyterian Church.
Biography
He was born on April 29, 1856, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Adolphus Sturge (1823-1894) and Caroline Harper (1822-1915). In 1867 his family moved to Bridgeton, New Jersey.
He received an M.D. and Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1880.
In 1886, he was appointed as the superintendent of Japanese missions by the Presbyterian church.
In 1904 he received the Order of the Rising Sun from Emperor Meiji.
He died on October 11, 1934, in San Francisco.
References
- Brian Niiy, ed. (1993). "Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present". E. A. Sturge. ISBN 9780816026807.
- Yuji Ichioka, ed. (1974). A Buried Past: An Annotated Bibliography of the Japanese American Research Project Collection. University of California Press.
- ^ "Ernest Adolphus Sturge". San Francisco Chronicle. October 12, 1934.
- "Our History". Christ United Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
Works
- The Spirit of Japan: With Selected Poems and Addresses (1923)
External links
Categories:- 1856 births
- 1934 deaths
- American Presbyterian missionaries
- Physicians from New Jersey
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
- People from Bridgeton, New Jersey
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
- American expatriates in Japan
- Presbyterian missionaries in Japan
- Christian medical missionaries
- Healthcare in Japan